The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

Issued: 3 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Reef sea temperature is

23.4°C

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Reef today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 7AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	40	30	31	32	38	38	49	37	38	171	112	75	68	41	47	35	35	36	52	57	60	57	57	57	57	57	58
Wind (km/h)	NW	W	WNW	NNW	NNE	N	WNW	WNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide			5:12AM1.37m				5:24PM1.64m				5:59AM1.52m				6:05PM1.61m				6:41AM1.65m				6:42PM1.56m
Low Tide	11:08PM0.35m				11:03AM0.41m				11:46PM0.29m				11:57AM0.40m				00:21AM0.24m				12:46PM0.40m				00:53AM0.20m


	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	6:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	11	2	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	24	30	31	31	27	24	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	20	23	25	22	21	21	20	19	21
Feels °C	20	21	23	27	28	29	26	23	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	21	23	23	22	20	21	20	20	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	NE 5	E 9	E 9	NNE 4	E 9
kJ	40	29	24	17	38	38	23	37	28	34	33	33	33	34	34	33	27	25	17	17	60	57	35	57	57	15	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 10	NE 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 5	SSE 8	E 9	E 12	ENE 12	E 9	NNE 4
kJ	30	30	31	32	2	3	35	35	34	18	12	6	6	3	3	35	35	36	52	57	10	14	57	12	14	57	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 9	NE 8	NE 10	SSE 9	E 5	NE 10	NE 10	E 12	ENE 12	E 12
kJ	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	26	4	4	4	3	13	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NNE 5	NNE 6	N 5	—	SSE 4	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	NE 4	—	NNE 5	NNE 4	NNW 4	W 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	17	20	49	—	38	171	112	75	68	41	47	—	—	—	—	—	24	34	—	37	26	24	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	45	45	45	46	45	159	17	17	1	0	0	2	639	653	17	17	2	0	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Twinnies	Peregian Creek	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Noosa - Johnsons	National Park	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay		Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Sunshine Beach	Kings Beach			Old Woman Island - South Side	Peregian Creek	Kings Beach	Peregian Creek	Noosa - Sunshine Beach
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5	5

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